Building construction



'March 1927.

. 1,622,997" l E. FLAGG BUILDING CONSTRUCTION Y Filed June 17, '192.6 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 F l: u: n g s s :e: r r`\J`\Q WITNESSES ATTORNEYS March 29 1927.

. E. FLAGG BUILDING lcoNsTRucTroN Filed June 17, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 i WITNEssEs @Za ATTORNEYS Patented Mar. 29, 1927.

nmiiism mines, oF NEW-"vomi, N. Y.

.alinea-,Nie Coliseiiriolrrippnqangnnieiinine 17, 192e. .,serihaiiio. iiae'ia The,present:invention is concerned with Yi1npijoven'ients in building constructions,

particularly with the ,provision ofabuilding construction which. Willperinit the rapid I erection of buildings ,by unskilled laborWith great rapidity andat little cost.

An obl'ect of the invention is to provide `a `building construction 'oflthis character which will not only ,eliminate the sloiv 4with a preferred vernliodiinent `of the. present of superimposed` concrete blocks With, Ciiitain Walls of brick connecting the piers l and lying-flushavith their outer faces. The blocks which .jform the piers are ,provided .yyith aligned openings therein `,and `concrete is pouredl -,nto the openings to 'connechall of the v,blocks together after the ',blocksihave lbeen piled one upon the.,otl1er. .Preferably the bedfacespf the blocks .are concave or dished, so that the concretennaywfloiv lbetween. the vbed facesand;,securelyvlock allyof the .blocks in thepier. together.

Preferablyalsm .the blocks` of .each` pier are alternatelylongandf short, softhat certain blocks of yadjacent piers. Willproject inwardly ,and afford a convenient, "support f for the .beams or lintels upon which the ends yof the cross beamsare supported.

In cases AWhere; anuiiusually strong` ,con struction is desired, reinforcing rods )may be inserted in `the aligned openings in the blocks, and the concrete may be tamped to force it firmly into the pockets defined by the mating concave bed faces of the blocks.

lVith the above noted and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combina ltions and arrangements of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter set forth and pointed out 11i the claims. The invention may be more fully understood from the followingdescription in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein- Fig. 1 is a fragmentary view in side elevation of a building constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a. view in transversey ,Section VO11 the line 2-2 of Fig. l,

.F 8 isfuveltioulsectional view through `one of tliepiers on appi'oirimatelyfthe,line

of 51. F lgs. L and 5 are perspective. views of, tivo of .theblocls used ,.hiolniing the piers. y

Figure 6 isla detail lsectional View on line 6 6 "of Figure 2, looking in the directionjof ythe arrow. 4

In producing a building in accorda-nce livith the present invention, yI use a Vseries of superimposed molded blocks Y such. for ',in-

vstance as the block 10 shownin Fig. 4.'

'I hese blocks ,are formed fivithpockets or are suitably'dished at 11 o ntheirbedfaces, so that lwhen tivo lof the lblocks are superof i the, blocks"l Will contact'ivit each other. f'lhe two bedA faces invention consists Ai'faseries ,offpiersformed of the block y"are, connected by a relatively .the other to produce a pier. lnforining the ,corner piers, thelonger side of one block `preferably extends V parallel `Withl the shorter side of the superadjacent and subjacent bloclsso that when viewedfromi .the side, alternate 'blocks of the pieiyvvill pijoject beyond the others.

After the blocks 1have been assembled to form@ thefpier7 concreteis poured into the ylilnd rical,bore defined thealignedopem ings lliof all Aof the` blocks, and will `110W ,litoi theirelits .defined 4lortlieieopiatiig Concites' l1 i the bedfaCSf adjacent blocks ,l/Yliere an.A unusually strong construction is required,v a reinforcing rodsuch as the metal .pipe-V lmay ,be ,inserted in the aligned openings12` before the concrete is poured. The concrete may be tamped down to force it'into the pockets between the blocks and to assureA firm interlocking of the blocks of the pier.

The piers which are used adjacent window or door frames are formed in sub stantially the saine manner, but the blocks 14 may be of the special shape shown in Fig. 5. including tongues 15 Which interlock with and back the sash or door frames 16, shown in Fig. 2.

The blocks 14 are of alternately diiierent i 2 neeaee? spending with the open ings 19. and the coucavities 11 in the blocks 10, and reinforcing rods such as 13a may be used if desired.

The piers are erected by placing the lowerrnost block in a level position and piling all of the upper blocks plumb with the lower blocks. Thus, unskilled labor may be used in the building of the piers. The interspaces between the piers are lled in by sections of brick wall indicated at 16a. This wall may be of the ordinary curtain wall type, of a thickness corresponding to the width of a. single brick. Preferably the rear faces of the brick walls are plastered as at 17 to close any chinks which may be present between the bricks.

The inside wall of the build'ng may be finished in any suitable manner, such for instance as by the use of meta-l lat-hing indi,- cated in dotted lines at 18.

The inwardly projecting ends of the blocks of adjacent piers offer a convenient support for the ends of a beam or lintel indicated in dotted lines at 19, and cross beams may be mounted upon the beams or lintels thus supported. These beams or lintels, it is to be understood, will be disposed in the air space between the brick curtain wall and the inner wall 18.

Obviously, various changes and alterations might be made in the general form and arrangement of parts described without departing from the invention. Hence I do not wish to limit myself to the details set forth, but shall consider myself at liberty to make suoli changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

I claim: Y

1. A building construction including a series of spaced piers each formed of superimposed molded blocks, the blocks having aligned openings therein for receiving concrete poured in from the top after the blocks have been piled, and curtain walls connecting the piers and flush with the outer faces thereof.

2. A building construction including a series of spaced piers each formed of superimposed molded blocks, the blocks having aligned openings therein for receiving concrete poured in from the top after the blocks have been piled, and curtain walls connecting the piers, alternate blocks of the piers eX- tending further into the curtain walls than the others and being adapted to constitute supports for beams or lintels.

3. A. building construct-ion including a series of spaced piers each formed of superimposed inolded blocks, the blocks having aligned openingstherein for receiving concrete poured in from the top after the blocks have been piled, and curtain walls connecting the piers, the bed faces of the blocks having concavities therein, whereby the blocks contact only at their edges and the concrete positively locks all of the blocks against displacement.

l. A building construction including a series of spaced piers each formed of superimposed molded blocks, the blocks having aligned openings therein for receiving concrete poured in from the top after the blocks have been piled, and curtain walls connecting the 'piers inner walls secured to the inner faces of the piers and defining with said outer walls an air space, the outer wall being of a single thickness of brick and plastered on its inner face to close the chinks between the bricks.

5. As a new article of manufacture, a solid molded building block having concavities in its two bed faces and having an opening extending therethrough and connecting the two concavities.

6. A method of building construction which includes the step of piling one upon the other to forni a pier, a series of molded blocks having aligned openings therein and havingconcavities in their bed faces, then pouring concrete into the vertical passageway defined by the aligned openings, whereby the concrete will run laterally into the concavities and lock the blocks together.

ERNEST FLAGG. 

